A major trap when coaching clients in their life purpose is thinking that there is one right destination as well as one right route to get to it. Many clients believe there is only one…
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Last month we spoke about the MapQuest Paradigm—the idea that God has one set of directions for our life.  And, if we miss a step or make a wrong turn that we are somehow disqualified…
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In working with Christian coaching clients, there is a special life message that’s a summary of their story—the place where their various life messages join together in one theme. What one message does Jesus speak…
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How does God reveal our destiny to us? Most life purpose models have us look inside, at our passion, design and life experience, and say, “What am I passionate about doing? What fits me? What…
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A key insight we get from studying Jesus’ life purpose is that the story doesn’t end with this life. Jesus’ ultimate destiny is for God to put all things under his authority, and to finally…
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I’ve always been sort of intrigued by the list of lives of the faithful in Hebrews 11. Paul talks about those who through faith conquered kingdoms, stopped the mouth of lions, escaped the sword, or…
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How do you cultivate a coach’s heart for people? The place in our own experience that most exemplifies the heart of a coach is our relationship with God. Powerful coaching comes from studying, internalizing and…
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While most coaches talk about things like passion, design and calling, living your destiny as a Christ-follower is much more than simply looking inward to follow your bliss or find fulfillment. To create a uniquely…
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Coaching has enough of a buzz surrounding it that it seems to be cropping up all over the place in today’s church. While that’s exciting news, it also means that people are being called “coaches”…
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The gift of relationship is the linchpin of God’s strategy for transforming people. Therefore, if we’re working at change, it would make a lot of sense for us to imitate God’s approach. Coaching does exactly…
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A practical way to work with a Christian coaching client at their allegiance to Christ is to invite them to structure their lives for eternal rewards. In other words, figure out what God rewards, and…
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One of the beauties of Christianity is that the important things are pretty simple. The on-purpose Christian life simply reflects God’s purposes: to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and to…
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For Christians, calling comes from God. Allegiance means that I have signed ownership of my life over to the lordship of Christ, and my fulfillment lies in a Kingdom that is not of this world. The idea of letting go of what we can gain in life and living to serve God is one of the distinctives of Christian coaching.
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There are a lot of similar terms floating around in life coaching circles, and we aren’t always clear on what each one means. From my work is life coaching, I have found the following list…
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Have you been wondering where God is at times in your life?

Psalm 139 states that God knows about every detail of our lives and there is nowhere we can go that would take…
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